BRITISH SOLDIER - MAN OF THE WORLD (soundtrack only) [Main Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH SOLDIER - MAN OF THE WORLD (soundtrack only) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: COI 269
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  • Summary: Soundtrack only of British Army recruitment film.
  • Description: "This is the Army...the British soldier." Mentioned in the commentary: Malta ("the gallant battered island of the Second World War", Tripoli ("under signs of Romulus and Remus...[the British] have been in Tripoli since 1943...8 years"], Royal Armoured Corps, Suez, Royal Military Police, Singapore, Malaya. Praise for the British soldier: "truly a man of the world!".
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  • Colour: Sound
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: COI 269
  • Sound: English
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1951
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Sound Sound format: English Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 843 ft; Running time: 10 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    COI 269

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